saturday stuff

it was my monthly massage
 i love 
having
 all my aches
 all my tightness
 stress 
vanish

 my body 
feels
 like
 overcooked pasta
 in a good way
 after
 being kneaded for an hour 

my normally 
very dry skin
 feels so soft 
looks normal
 vs 
looking like the parched desert

 after i left the spa 
i decided 
to walk
 back
 across town

 i have never walked across via the transverse
 in fact 
i have never walked across town
 ever 
before 

this fitbit
 is
 truly spurring me on

 i paused
 to take some iPhone  photos



 (neither of these are signed)

when i got out of the park 
i walked down 81 street
 to 
amsterdam
 i decided to pick up lunch
 there's a hummus place
 called
on the corner
 i stopped in
 they have a veggie wrap
 i asked
 if they could make it 
without 
the chickpeas

 i am not a big unmashed chickpea fan

 the woman taking my order said
 absolutely

 she asked
 did i want hot sauce?
 yes please

 plastic utensils?
 no thank you

 turkish coffee?
 yes please

 it took a few minutes to prepare 
i waited 
amusing myself
 by looking at the photos i had taken

 when i got home
 i opened the package

 the coffee had been put in a cup with the top taped
 and
 then
 in a plastic bag
a good thing
 because
 it leaked

 they also
 taped sugar packets to the lid 
i dont use sugar
 but 
 it dissolved
 mixed into the coffee  
due to the leak

the plastic utensils
 were fine
 even tho i didn't need them

 there was no hot sauce
 and
 you guessed it 
the wrap
 was 
99% chickpeas 

i picked out all i could 
before
 giving up 

biting into it
 i thought there was some plastic in with the chickpeas
 no
 it was just the eggplant rind 

picked that out too

 i was left with
a pita 
wrapped
 around
 spinach 
two small pieces of red pepper
 a little piece of tomato

 the coffee
 even tho it was sweet
 was good

 if you go to hummus kitchen 
dont order the veggie wrap

...

toonman and i decided to take a walk
 a variation
 on 
our normal two routes
we walked along the river
 it was beautiful
 but 
oh so windy

 i think the gulls were enjoying the wind
 they seemed to be wind surfing

 i got some
 i think 
great shots
by

keeping my finger
 depressing the shutter 
 i can pick and choose which ones to keep
 i wish i had video taped them 
they were having such a good time
 here
 see for yourself






oh yeah 
the buoys
 were
 sunbathing